FGD and DeNOx
NEWSLETTER       

                                                                                                         March 2005
                                                                                                             No. 323

TIPS, a Zero Emission Power Plant Technology

ThermoEnergy Corp. has patented a new zero air emission power plant technology know as the TIPS process. TIPS, an acronym for ThermoEnergy Integrated Power System, eliminates emissions of mercury, acid gases and particulates from fossil fuel-fired power plants. In addition, TIPS captures and recovers carbon dioxide in liquid form ready for sequestration or beneficial reuse.

ThermoEnergy has received $2.3 million in Federal funding and Dennis C. Cossey, CEO of ThermoEnergy Corp., says, “With this funding, we expect to be able to have a large-scale prototype system up and operating in late 2006 or early 2007. Based on current process modeling, we are confident that we can build one of our new zero air emission power plants for about the same price as a conventional coal-fired power plant, outfitted with the requisite air scrubbing equipment.”

In addition to new construction, TIPS can be used as a cost-effective method of repowering existing power plants, converting them to zero air emission facilities. Unlike other conventional technology, TIPS will allow a switch to cheaper feedstocks such as coal or petroleum coke. See www.thermoenergy.com

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